the act of intertwisting or the condition of being intertwisted
Derived forms
intertwistingly
adverb
Word origin
[1650–60; inter- + twist]This word is first recorded in the period 1650–60. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: gas, parade, pony, profile, tripletinter- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “between,” “among,”“in the midst of,” “mutually,” “reciprocally,” “together,” “during” (intercept; interest). On this model, inter- is used in the formation of compound words (intercom; interdepartmental)